Central idea:
Our bodies are made up of systems that are affected by the choices we make
Lines of Inquiry:
1. Different systems in our body (form)
2. How our body systems work (function)
3. How the choices we make affect our body systems (responsibility)
Teacher Questions:
1. What is a system?
2. What are the systems in our body?
3. How are our body systems connected?
4. How do the choices we make affect our body?
Who we are
Central idea:
Our bodies are made up of systems that are affected by the choices we make
Lines of Inquiry:
1. Different systems in our body (form)
2. How our body systems work (function)
3. How the choices we make affect our body systems (responsibility)
Teacher Questions:
1. What is a system?
2. What are the systems in our body?
3. How are our body systems connected?
4. How do the choices we make affect our body?
Summative Assessment Task:
Websites:
General Health
http://kidshealth.org/kid/htbw/ (Great website--covers all systems + much more)
http://kidshealth.org/kid/stay_healthy/food/fitness_nutrition_center.html#cat119 (food & fitness)
Cardiovascular System
Mayo Clinic: Heart & Circulatory System Video
http://library.thinkquest.org/11965/html/cyber-anatomy_car691.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NF68qhyfcoM (3D animation of a working heart)
http://www.makemegenius.com/video_play.php?id=89&type=0
Respiratory System
http://library.thinkquest.org/11965/html/cyber-anatomy_resboth.html
http://kidshealth.org/kid/htbw/RSmovie.html
http://www.makemegenius.com/video_play.php?id=152&type=0
Central Nervous System
http://www.cyh.com/HealthTopics/HealthTopicDetailsKids.aspx?p=335&np=152&id=2612
http://kidshealth.org/kid/htbw/NSmovie.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjyI4CmBOA0
Digestive System
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7xKYNz9AS0 (you tube video)
http://www.neok12.com/php/watch.php?v=zX4559475700465170435873&t=Digestive-System
http://kidshealth.org/kid/htbw/DSmovie.html
http://www.makemegenius.com/video_play.php?id=19&type=0
Skeletal System
skeletal system video
music video with info. about skeleton (Play That Funky Music)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzUNWeIJerg (Make Me Genius video)
http://www.abcya.com/skeletal_system.htm (label the bones activity)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/body/interactives/3djigsaw_02/index.shtml?skeleton (put the skeleton together--quite challenging!)
Muscular System
http://www.kidsbiology.com/human_biology/muscles.php
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGR1eUGV-tA (video)
http://www.cyh.com/HealthTopics/HealthTopicDetailsKids.aspx?p=335&np=152&id=2457
http://kidshealth.org/kid/htbw/muscles.html
http://kidshealth.org/kid/htbw/MSmovie.html (movie)
http://adamowen.hubpages.com/hub/The-Functions-of-Muscles
http://kids.discovery.com/tell-me/science/body-systems/your-muscular-system
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfeZmXzVEEw (Magic School Bus video)
Dance Walking Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ib3Duz_6a9M